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OIL STOVE.

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AUGUST F. ZIMMERLING, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,352, dated June '7,1892. Application filed August 31. 1891. Serial No. 404,361. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, AUGUST F. ZIMMERLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jackson,county of Jackson,State of Michigan, have 5 inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Oil-Stoves; and I declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to stoves, and has for its object the production ofa stove using bydrocarbon-burners, either gas or oil, and isparticularly designed to provide means whereby the stove may be adaptedfor heating purposes, for baking, cooking, or heating, where a closedheated compartment is desired, and for heating several articles orcooking utensils at the same time with one burner. I accomplish this bythe use of a stove of a vertical boxlike form, having the burner locatedat the base, preferably in a closed chamber, and 2 5 having a secondheating-chamber above this burner-chamber and separated from it by aplate or partition, the upper heating-chamber being also closed by doorson the side of the stove, so as to adapt it to be used as a baking 0 orheating oven, and in which the doors may be opened, preferably downward,and when fully open form a horizontal fiue, as well as a support forcooking utensils or other articles to be heated.

I propose to provide the stove for heating purposes by closing theburner-chamber and the upper heating-chamber and combining with them adiving-flue, forming an outlet for the heat from the upper chamber toany suit- 0 able eXit-pipe.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of my stove. Fig. 2 is avertical section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the flue.

In the drawings, A is the frame-work of the stove, which is preferablysquare in horizontal cross-section and may be made of any design to suitthe manufacturer.

B is the oil-tank, located in the base of the frame, in which is set theburner B. The oiltank has an inlet-pipe b and the usual feedingthumb-screw b in the front of the stove.

O is a chamber inclosing the burner proper, and forms the firstheating-chamber. Above this chamber is the partition D, provided withopenings d, preferably around the outer edge.

Above this partition is the heating oven or chamber E.

F are doors closing this heating-oven and opening outward and preferablydownward, as shown in Fig. 1. These doors are pivoted to the frame andhave a portion f extending below the pivot, and when the doors are openand lowered, as shown in Fig. 1, this extension swings up under thepartition D and closes off the openings d. The doors are concave on theinside, so as to provide a fine underneath the portion f when the dooris lowered. The inside of the door in the concave portion is providedwith lugs or ribs of any suitable form to support cooking utensils orarticles to be heated. WVhen the doors are closed, the heat generated inthe chamber 0 passes up through the opening d in the partition D andheats the upper chamber E and passes through the diving-flue G and outthrough the outlet g. lVhen used in this manner, the stove becomes aheater by reason of the use of the two inclosed heating-chambers and thediving-flue. When the doors are opened or lowered, the heat from thechamber 0 is deflected by the partition D and caused to pass out underthe portionf of the door and over the concave portion and under anyarticle that may be placed on the door, thus converting the door itselfinto a horizontal fine for heating cooking utensils or other articles,and thus providing for heating three separate articles on as many sidesof the stove, and, if desired, a fourth article inside of the stove onthe partition D.

The chamber E may be used for a bakingoven or for heating sad-irons orother articles, as the heat will pass up through the opening (Z on threesides of the partition when one door is opened. The partition D isalways heated directly by the lamp underneath it.

It is my purpose to have this partition act as a deflector for the heat;but it may be provided with openings in the center, if desired, though Iprefer the form shown.

I am not aware that a stove of any kind has ever been constructed inwhich the doors closing the frame or any portion of it have been adaptedwhen lowered to form a fine for conducting the heat or for receiving andheating cooking utensils or other articles in the manner shown anddescribed herein. The lower chamber 0 may be provided with transparentdoors, if desired.

What I claim is- 1. In combination with a stove, a door adapted whenopened to form a flue, substantially as described.

2. In combination with astove, a door adapted when open to receivearticles to be heated and to form a flue for conducting heat to saidarticles, substantially as described.

v3. A stove for burning hydrocarbons, consistin g of a vertical frameprovided at its base with a burner, a deflecting-partition over saidburner, and doors closing the compartments above saiddeflecting-partition, adapted when open to form horizontal fines,substantially as described.

4. A stove for burning hydrocarbons, consisting of a vertical frameprovided at its base with a burner, a deflecting-partition over saidburner, and doors closing a coinpartment above saiddeflecting-partition, adapted when open to receive articles to be heatedand to form a flue for conducting the heat to said articles,substantially as described.

5. A stove for burning hydrocarbons, consisting of a vertical frameprovided with a burner at its base, a heating-compartment above saidburner, a partition between the burner-chamber and said heating-chamber,provided with openings to admit the heat to said heating-chamber, anddoors closing said heating-chamber, adapted when open to close the saidopenings in the partition and form horizontal flues, substantially asdescribed.

6. A stove for burning hydrocarbons, consisting of a vertical frameprovided at its base with a burner, a heating-compartment above saidburner, a partition between said burner and the heatirig-compartment,provided with openings to admit the heat, a diving outletflue leadingfrom said chamber, and doors closing said chamber, adapted when openedto close the openings in the partition and to form horizontal fines,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUST F. ZIMMERLING. Witnesses:

GEO. MEIsTER, L. J. HARRIS.

